It is obvious to the entire world that Turkey's Islamic supremacist Prime Minister Erdogan ("The mosques are our barracks, the minarets our bayonets") has destroyed Turkey's formerly friendly relationship with Israel as he steers Turkey toward re-Islamization and sharia. Still, this WaPo piece by David Ignatius contains yet another in a long string of leaks from the Obama Administration about Iran and Israel that puts Israel at a disadvantage and make it harder for the Israelis to take action against Iran's nuclear program. Do the WaPo and the Obama Administration want to tie Israel's hands so that it can't act against Iran? It sure looks like it.

The Turkish-Israeli relationship became so poisonous
early last year that the Turkish government of Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan is said to have disclosed to Iranian intelligence the
identities of up to 10 Iranians who had been meeting inside Turkey with
their Mossad case officers.

Knowledgeable sources describe the Turkish action as a
“significant” loss of intelligence and “an effort to slap the Israelis.”
The incident, disclosed here for the first time, illustrates the
bitter, multi-dimensional spy wars that lie behind the current
negotiations between Iran and Western nations over a deal to limit the
Iranian nuclear program. A Turkish Embassy spokesman had no comment.

Israeli anger at the deliberate compromise of its agents may
help explain why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became so entrenched
in his refusal to apologize to Erdogan about the May 2010 Gaza flotilla incident
. In that confrontation at sea, Israeli commandos boarded a
Turkish-organized convoy of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Nine Turks were killed.

Top Israeli officials believe that, despite the
apology, the severe strain with Erdogan continues. The Turkish
intelligence chief, Hakan Fidan, is also suspect in Israel because of what are seen as friendly links with Tehran;
several years ago, Israeli intelligence officers are said to have
described him facetiously to CIA officials as “the MOIS station chief in
Ankara,” a reference to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
The United States continued to deal with Fidan on sensitive matters,
however.

Though U.S. officials regarded exposure of the Israeli
network as an unfortunate intelligence loss, they didn’t protest
directly to Turkish officials. Instead, Turkish-American relations
continued warming last year to the point that Erdogan was among Obama’s key confidants. This practice of separating intelligence issues from broader policymaking is said to be a long-standing U.S. approach.

U.S. officials were never sure whether the Turkish disclosure was
done in retaliation for the flotilla incident or was part of a broader
deterioration in Turkish-Israeli relations.

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Turkey blows Israel’s cover for Iranian spy ring

It is obvious to the entire world that Turkey's Islamic supremacist Prime Minister Erdogan ("The mosques are our barracks, the minarets our bayonets") has destroyed Turkey's formerly friendly relationship with Israel as he steers Turkey toward re-Islamization and sharia. Still, this WaPo piece by David Ignatius contains yet another in a long string of leaks from the Obama Administration about Iran and Israel that puts Israel at a disadvantage and make it harder for the Israelis to take action against Iran's nuclear program. Do the WaPo and the Obama Administration want to tie Israel's hands so that it can't act against Iran? It sure looks like it.

The Turkish-Israeli relationship became so poisonous
early last year that the Turkish government of Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan is said to have disclosed to Iranian intelligence the
identities of up to 10 Iranians who had been meeting inside Turkey with
their Mossad case officers.

Knowledgeable sources describe the Turkish action as a
“significant” loss of intelligence and “an effort to slap the Israelis.”
The incident, disclosed here for the first time, illustrates the
bitter, multi-dimensional spy wars that lie behind the current
negotiations between Iran and Western nations over a deal to limit the
Iranian nuclear program. A Turkish Embassy spokesman had no comment.